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Tony Trimmer

British racing driver (born 1943)

Field	Value
name	Tony Trimmer
image	Tony Trimmer 1975 RoC.jpg
caption	Trimmer at the 1975 Race of Champions
nationality	GBR British
birth_date
birth_place	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
years	–
teams	Maki
Surtees (privateer)
McLaren (privateer)
races	6 (0 starts)
championships	0
wins	0
podiums	0
points	0
poles	0
fastest_laps	0
first_race	1975 German Grand Prix
last_race	1978 British Grand Prix
bf1_years	1978, 1980, 1982
bf1_races	17
bf1_championships	1
bf1_wins	6
bf1_podiums	10
bf1_points	165
bf1_poles	5
bf1_fastest_laps	2

Surtees (privateer) McLaren (privateer) Anthony Hugh Leigh Trimmer (born 24 January 1943) is a British former racing driver from England, who won the Shell British Formula Three Championship and E.R. Hall Trophy in 1970.

Career

Trimmer was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He won the prestigious Monaco F3 Race in 1970 driving a Brabham BT-28 and finished runner-up to Patrick Depailler in the 1972 edition.

Trimmer entered six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with uncompetitive teams, firstly Maki for four races in 1975 and 1976, resulting in four failures to qualify. He then entered the 1977 British Grand Prix (failed to pre-qualify) and the 1978 British Grand Prix (failed to qualify), with the Melchester Racing Team, driving a Surtees TS19 and a McLaren M23 respectively. However, also driving the Melchester McLaren, he finished a superb third in the rain-soaked 1978 BRDC International Trophy non-Championship race at Silverstone, coming home ahead of many of the greats of Formula One. That year, he won the British Aurora F1 Championship.

Trimmer was also one of the few people to drive the Connew Formula One car, in its last race (in later Formula 5000 specification) in 1973. However, the car collided with a barrier at Brands Hatch after a rear damper gave way.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1975	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER
DNQ	AUT
DNQ	ITA
DNQ	USA
1976	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
DNQ
1977	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR
DNPQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN
1978	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR
DNQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN

Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	3
1971	ARG	ROC
Ret	QUE			RIN
DNS
			SPR
NC	INT
					OUL
Ret	VIC
1973	ROC
4	INT
1975	ROC
NC	INT
14
		SUI
13
1977	ROC
9
1978	INT
3

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	9	11	13
1971	MAL	SNE	BRH	MON	SIL	CAS	MAL	MNZ	MAL
9	THR
8	SIL	OUL	SNE
4	HOC
7
											OUL
7	BRH
9	BRH
1973	BRH	MAL
DNS	SIL	SNE
				BRH
11	OUL
7	MAL	MIS
C	MAL
10	MON	SIL	BRH
NC	OUL
DNS	JYL	ZAN	SNE
												BRH
Ret
1974	BRH	MAL	SIL	OUL	BRH	ZOL	THR	ZAN	MUG
Ret	MNZ
NC	MAL	MON
										THR
10	BRH	OUL	SNE	MAL	BRH

Complete Shellsport International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6
1976	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	THR	BRH	MAL	SNE	BRH
20	THR	OUL	BRH	BRH
1977	MAL
3	SNE
5	OUL
Ret	BRH
Ret	MAL
1	THR
Ret	BRH
1	OUL
1	MAL
2	DON
1	BRH
2	THR
Ret	SNE
1	BRH
2

Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1
1978	OUL
1	BRH
1	SNE
1	MAL
2	ZAN
DNS	DON	THR
1	OUL	MAL
2	BRH
1	THR	SNE
2
1980	OUL	BRH	SIL	MAL
Ret	THR
DNS	MNZ	MAL	SNE
Ret	BRH
Ret	THR
Ret	OUL	SIL
1982	OUL
1	BRH
2	THR
Ret	DON	BRH

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts	Boxer Cars	Boxer PR276	Hart	NC	0
1978	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VAL	ROU	DON
DNQ	NOG	PER	MIS	HOC

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.
Pos.	1979	1980	1981
JPN Dome Co. Ltd.	GBR Bob Evans	Dome Zero RL-Ford Cosworth	S+2.0	25	DNF	DNF
GBR Ian Bracey	GBR Tiff Needell	Ibec P6-Ford Cosworth	S+2.0	-	DNQ	DNQ
GBR Ian Bracey	GBR Tiff Needell	Ibec-Hesketh 308LM-Ford Cosworth	S+2.0	95	DNF	DNF

Complete World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4
+2.0	Ibec P6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	No drivers' Championship.	Ian Bracey	S
+2.0	Ibec-Hesketh 308LM	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	NC	0
1980	DAY	BRH	MUG	MNZ	SIL
DNS	NÜR	LMS
DNQ	GLN	MOS	VAL	DIJ
1981	DAY	SEB	MUG	MNZ	RSD	SIL	NÜR	LMS
Ret	PER	DAY	GLN	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH

;Footnotes:

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points	1985	GBR Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	NC	0
MNZ	VAL	DON	AND	BRN	ZEL	SAL	NUR	SPA	SIL
Ret	NOG	ZOL	EST	JAR

References

M.G.D.. (November 1970). "F3 Review".
Lawrence, Mike. (August 1986). "The story of the Connew GP car".
Small, Steve. (1994). "The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who". Guinness Publishing Ltd.
"All Results of Tony Trimmer". RacingSportsCars.com.
"The European Touring Car Championship".

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